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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Japhia. Every Japhia in the Bible

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    Japhia

    יָפִיעַ

    Japhia was the king of Lachish, one of the Amorite cities defeated by Joshua.

    verses
    1
    first named
    Joshua 10:3
    last named
    Joshua 10:3
    period
    before Israel's Monarchy
    tribe
    Canaan

    Description

    Who was Japhia?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Japhia is mentioned in Jos.10.3 as the king of Lachish, one of the Amorite cities that formed an alliance against the Israelites during the conquest of Canaan. When the people of Gibeon made a peace treaty with Israel, Japhia joined forces with Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, and three other Amorite kings to attack Gibeon. In response, Joshua and the Israelite army came to Gibeon's defense and, with the help of God, defeated the Amorite kings and their armies (Jos.10.1-27). Lachish, along with the other Amorite cities, was conquered by Joshua and the Israelites. The text does not provide any further details about Japhia's life or his fate after the battle.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Japhia4 of 4 entities the graph connects to Japhia, in one group: events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Adoni-zedek1 event · 2 versesDebir1 event · 1 verseHoham1 event · 1 versePiram1 event · 1 verseJaphia

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Japhia happensThe one place the claims about Japhia reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Lachish. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Japhia there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Lachish
    before Israel's MonarchyThe one place the claims about Japhia reach

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    1. Joshua1 verse

      10:3

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    ElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereJudahIsraelite tribe, kingdom, and province

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